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Biography

Assignments and Cultural Exchange
Accomplishment and Awards
Exhibitions
Collections
Education
Teaching and Presentations
Publications

Back to Top Assignments and Cultural Exchange:
  • 2002 Myanmar (Burma) and Laos to explore the Northern Hill Tribes
  • 2001 Riga, Latvia and Estonia – 800 Year Anniversary of City and my Photo Exhibition
  • 2001 Argentina and Uruguay…….Mexico…..Latvia and Estonia
  • 2000 Viet Nam and Cambodia
  • 2000 Peru – Macchu Pichu, Lake Titicaca, Cuzco
  • 1999 Riga, Latvia and Poland – 10 year anniversary of my Exhibition
  • 1999 Haiti - Photographed hospital team for Krudum Foundation
  • 1999 Bangkok Thailand, Northern Hill Country, Cheng Mai and Phuket
  • 1998 Kathmandu, Nepal; Lhasa, Tibet; and Beijing, China
  • 1998 Havana, Cuba - Photographed island profile
  • 1996 Volga River Cities and Samara, Russia - invitation from Samaran Government Officials to their International Festival
  • 1996 St. Vincent, Windward Isles - Photographed island profile used in Cruising World and Caribbean Travel Life magazines
  • 1994 Moscow, Samara, and Saratov, Russia - Photographed for Gash/Voigt Dance Theatre Exchange
  • 1994 Croatia, Adriatic Coast, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania
  • 1993 Grenadines, Windward Isles - Photographed island profile, including sailing, marketplace and rain forests
  • 1991 Romania, Poland, East Germany - Photographed orphanages, schools, human condition, environmental conditions, protests and festivals
  • 1990 Bahamas - Photographed island profiles, aerial views, marinas
  • 1989 Latvia and Lithuania - Cultural Exchange with Russian photographers
  • 1989 Brownsville, Texas - Photographed Central American Refugees for American Red Cross
  • 1986 Hawaii - Photographed gardens, vegetation and volcanic activity
  • 1985 Honduras - Photographed ruins, festivals and the Bay Islands

Back to Top Accomplishment and Awards:
  • 1996 Proclamation from Mayor Oleg Sisuev of Samara, Russia
  • 1996 Samara, Russia - Curated and juried “From Russia with Love” Exhibit and brought it to St. Louis in exchange
  • 1994 1st place, “City Life: A shared experience” at the Union Avenue Gallery
  • 1994 to Present --Board Member, St. Louis/Samara Sister City Program
  • 1993 President Clinton used “Flood Heroes” photo for the Flood Relief Bill Signing, St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1992 2nd place, juried exhibition, Garrett Gallery, St. Louis
  • 1990 15 public slide presentation ” Soviet Cultural Exchange”
  • 1987 Present Photography Merit Badge Counselor, Boy Scouts of America
  • 1978 Globe Democrat Annual Snapshot Contest, St. Louis
  • 1975 Kodak International Photo Contest

Back to Top Exhibitions:
  • 2003Union Ave Christian Church – Honorable mention
  • 2003 Art St. Louis – Juried show “Homeward Bound”
  • 2003 Big Bend Yoga Center – Spiritual Journey with the Dhali Lama
  • 2002 Skiff International – “Sacred images from Tibet”
  • 2000“ Adventures in Tibet”, solo show at Mitchell Museum (Cedarhurst), Mt. Vernon, IL
  • 2000 “Andariego – Walkin’ with Ray” thru Vietnam, Cambodia, Tibet and Peru at the Sheldon Art Gallery. St. Louis
  • 2001 - 1996 Two-person show, City Art Museum, Samara, Russia
  • 1996 “Personal Photographs of Eastern Europe” University of Missouri at St. Loui
  • 1996 “On the Road” Group Show, Springfield Art Association, Illinois
  • 1995 Photography Section - juried Show, St. Louis Artists’ Guild
  • 1995 “Eastern Europe - 1994” solo show, Mary Institute, St. Louis
  • 1994 “America, America” juried show, Samara Art Museum, Russia
  • 1994 “Photographer’s Eye” juried show, St. Louis Artists’ Guild
  • 1993 “What America Means to Me” collaborative show with children from Elblag, Poland, the Winston Churchill Memorial & Library at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri
  • 1993 “Beyond the First Impression” solo show, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
  • 1993 “Compilation 93” two-person show, Ralston Purina World Headquarters, St. Louis
  • 1992 “Hands Across the Baltic States - The Beginning of the End” solo show, The Winston Churchill Memorial & Library at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri
  • 1991 Group show, Diptychs & Triptychs, Art St. Louis Gallery
  • 1991 Group show, “Art at Taylor/Olive”, St. Louis
  • 1991 Hands Across the Baltic States” solo show, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois
  • 1989-93 “America through My Eyes” two-person show, 7 cities in 5 republics of the former Soviet Union
  • 1990 Group show, “The Little Show” Art St. Louis Gallery
  • 1988 “The People, the Essence of Latin America, solo show, St. Louis Public Library
  • 1988-92 Group show, Eclectic Forum Society, Plaza Frontenac, St. Louis
  • 1988 “Hawaii and Her Passions” solo show, Plaza Frontenac, St. Louis
  • 1987 “St. Louis - A Visual Introspection” solo show, Plaza Frontenac, St. Louis
  • 1986 Group show, St. Louis Artists’ Guild
  • 1985 Group show, Eclectic Forum Society, Des Peres Civic Center, Des Peres, Missouri
  • 1982 “Beginning Anew”, solo show, Graffix Gallery, St. Louis
  • 1980 “Echoes 80” solo show, Graffix Gallery, St. Louis

Back to Top Collections:
  • University Club – 22nd Floor Dining Room, Clayton MO
  • St. Anthony’s Hospital – Cardiac Cath. Waiting Room
  • Mayor’s Office, Samara, Russia (Sister City to St. Louis)
  • Adams Mark Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri
  • A.G. Edwards Company, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Helmkampf Construction Company, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Inter-Med Medical Offices, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Holloran Stewart Law Firm, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Merrill, Lynch Corporate Offices, Creve Coeur, Missouri
  • Radisson Hotel, High Point, North Carolina
  • Ralston Purina, Purina Mills, St. Louis
  • St. Theresa Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
  • Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, St. Louis
  • The Forsythe Group, Clayton, Missouri
  • The Kraft Corporation, St. Louis
  • Wetterau Corporate Offices, St. Louis
  • Pepper, Marin, et. Al. St. Louis
  • Schnucks Supermarkets General Offices, Maryland Heights, Missouri
  • Dr. Robert Koetting Private Collection, Clayton, Missouri
  • Suwa Art Museum, Suwa, Japan (Sister City to St. Louis)
  • Mayor’s Office, Georgetown, Guyana (Sister City to St. Louis)
  • Lincoln Industrial - a Jordan Company, St. Louis
  • Nippon Shokubai Kaqaku Kohyo Co. Ltd., Japan

Back to Top Education:
  • Ongoing ASMP seminars, national lectures, St. Louis Camera Club and Center for Photography seminars
  • 1995/1979 Nikon Photo School
  • 1974-1976 Meramec Community College, St. Louis
  • 1972-1974 Florissant Valley Community College, St. Louis
  • 1972-2000 Apprenticed and currently working with Mr. Chester Danett, a Russian-born photographer who has taught and exhibited nationally and internationally. His photographs are included in the Smithsonian Institute and the Chicago Art Institute.

Back to Top Teaching and Presentations:
  • Webster Univ. St. Louis Univ. “Photojournalism” – Guest Lecturer
  • “Public Relations Photography” St. Louis Comm. College
  • COCA (Center of Contemporary Arts) slide presentation “A trek thru Peru”
  • COCA (Center of Contemporary Arts) slide presentation “An evening in Vietnam and Cambodia

Back to Top Publications:
  • St. Louis – intro by Bob Costas
  • The Complicated Road – published in Riga Latvia
  • Emerging Russia – the Search for Identity textbook
  • Laclede Gas – Annual Reports
  • HFN –A Fairchild Publication, various photo stories
  • St. Louis - A River City by Elaine Viets and Quinta Scott
  • Cruising World Magazine
  • Caribbean Travel Life Magazine
  • Marketing - College Textbook by Berkowicz, Rudelius, Kerin
  • Lincoln Engineering’s Product Catalogs and Annual Reports
  • Maritz Annual Report
  • Monsanto Product Brochures
  • St. Louis Home Magazine (Cover photo)
  • Builder/Architect Magazine (cover photo)
  • Serging for Your Children (A Chilton Publication)
  • Serge It in an Hour or Less (A Chilton Publication)
  • St. Louis People Magazine (A Pulitzer Publication)
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper
  • West End Word Newspaper
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